cell phone
noun
variants
or less commonly cellphone
plural cell phones also cellphones
: a portable usually cordless telephone for use in a cellular system
Examples of cell phone in a Sentence
Call me on my cell phone.
Recent Examples on the Web
Officials have focused on the need for sirens in Kerr County, where the rapidly-rising Guadalupe River swept away campers, some of whom did not have cell phones with them.
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Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025
Left in her place is a cell phone, which a mysterious caller uses to tell Simone to forgo the police and come to an isolated location to save her daughter.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 24 July 2025
Beijing has extensive control over supply chains for these critical minerals key in everything from EV batteries and cell phones to fighter jets.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
Investigators also noted Schwab and his wife used a driver paid by WEF on certain vacations and billed the organization for their land line and the cell phone used by their maid in Geneva.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 July 2025
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Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025
Left in her place is a cell phone, which a mysterious caller uses to tell Simone to forgo the police and come to an isolated location to save her daughter.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 24 July 2025
Beijing has extensive control over supply chains for these critical minerals key in everything from EV batteries and cell phones to fighter jets.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
Investigators also noted Schwab and his wife used a driver paid by WEF on certain vacations and billed the organization for their land line and the cell phone used by their maid in Geneva.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for cell phone
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“Cell phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cell%20phone. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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